St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-09-03

lcSdIu W buISdIla, expressing ulSdppEOFdl
of Prince Ferdinand's irregular action in
taking possession of the Bulgarian throne.
Alta banquet given by the merchants Of
Mini Novgorod to NJ. Deroulede, ex-presi-
dent of the French Patriotic League, the gov
ernor the city proposed the health of the
delegates of the Patriotic League, and nu-
merous speeches were made and toasts pro-
posed on the theme of the friendship exist
ing between France and Russia.
A telegram from Knoxville, Tenn, says
that a careful enumeration, Just COM
pleted shows that the population of that city
is 36, 707, an increase of nearly 400 per cent.
over the population shown by the Federal
census of 1880. Knoxville contains 1866
white inhabitants and 9, 742 colOred. This is
SAID to be the largest proportion of white
population of any city in the South.
The total number of immigrants who ar
rived in the United States during July from
the principal foreign countries Canada and
Mexico excepted) was 39,0SO, against 31,34S
IN July, 1876.
The total exports of merchandise during
the twelve months which ended on July 81
last were valued at SS12, 76S, $50, against $780,
571 ,975 during the twelve months preceding.
The total imports of merchandise during the
twelve months which ended on July 81
amounted in value to $693, 100, 3Sl, against
s64l ,975, 743 during the preceding twelve
months.
A dispatch from Vienna to the Journal deS
Debats Paris) says that the Bulgarian gov
ernment has ordered 10000 repeating rifles
from an Austrian firm.
Russia has, through Marshal Chakier-
Pasha, proposed to the Sultan that Russia
and Turkey jointly occupy Eastern Roume-
liza and Bulgaria. The burden Of Russia's
latest dispatch to the Porte was to emphasize
this proposal, and Russia advised kiamel
Pasha, the Turkish prime minister, to take
Immediate and energetic action, in view of
recent events in Bulgaria. To this Kiamel-
Pasha replied that Turkey could not assent
until she had learned the views of the other
powers that are parties to the treaty Of Ber-
lin, and that concerning the situation of
affairs in Bulgaria the Porte entertained no
anxiety.
distiller of Peoria, ILL.,, says of the great
Wliskey Trust" recently organized there,
dard Oil Company cotton seed and Oil trust.
In the first place, the distiller puts valua-
ton upon his house. then a committee is
appointed to examine into it. After mans
distillery has been appraised the owner turns
it over to nine trustees for their use and
for twenty-five years and receives in lieu
thereof trust certificates. In some instances
he receives 50 in certificates for 81 of valua-
ton. After man turns his property over
to the trustees he ceases to operate it, 1t is
the intention of the trust to regulate the pro-
duction of whskey. so that these certificates
will pay from six to ten per cent. The cap
ital of the trust is pretty well up in the mil
lions, some say as high as S400O0,000 All
the employees in the houses that are in the
trust were told that they must look for their
wages to the trust, as they were no longer
working for individuals. Wages will proba-
bly, be reduced from ten to twenty per cent.
at once"
The London Standard expresses the belief
that Lord Harrington and his followers will
support the governments action in proclaim
ing the league.
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain made speech at
Birmingham, England. He dilated upon
the waste of the greater part of the session
by the obstructionists on the crimes bill.
DR.. Mackenzie the German Crown Princes
English physician, has made special report
of the princes present condition. The prog
ress made, he says, is quite satisfactory and
there is every prospect for permanent cure
of the princes malady.
Mr. W. H. Smith, Conservative leader in
the House of Commons, has issued an urgent
circular to the Conservative members of the
House. He tells them that it is imperatively
necessary that the government be strongly
supported in the House during the remain
der of the session, and he entreats them to
remain at their posts and decline to pair
This is the strongest appeal that has been
issued for many years.
In the letters of Henry NJ. Stanley, written
at Gambuya, near the rapids of the Aruwimi,
June 19, the explorer says the natives
evacuated the place upon the arrival of the
expedition, owing to fright produced by a
vigorous blowing of the steamboats, whis-
ties. They returned afterward, evincing a
very amicable disposition, and promised to
supply tue cA ptulllOll Will )IONlSlollc. 1llSS
informed Mr.. Stanley that there were other
rapids higher up more difficult Of navigation
and that further progress by river would be
impossible. Sir Francis De Winton, presi-
dent of the Emin Bey Relief Committee,
commenting on the letters, says he calcu-
lates that by this time Stanley and Emin
Bey have met.
Colonel Caesar Rodney Layton, retired,
died at Rehoboth, Del, aged sixty-one
years.
Mrs. Spencer Davidson, of Baltimore, was
killed by being thrown from carriage at
Frostburg, Md. She was visiting her brother,
?. L. Burwell vice president Of the Cumber-
land and Pennsylvania railroad.
Austin H. Morris, we'll known in theatri-
cal circles, was found dead in his room IN the
Laclede Hotel, st. Louis, he evidently hav-
ing committed suicide
A dispatch from Indianapolis in relation
to the condition Of the State treasury says
that it is only the general fund that IS ex-
hausted, and that it is temporary affair
that frequently happens. The other funds
are not depleted, and it has been the custom
of former treasurers to borrow temporarily
from them. Money will soon be coming IN
from the various counties. There is nothing
in tho sitr1at;o,, tbo+ yriIl u, any wise affect